Bath-based planning and design practice Nash Partnership has landed another award for its major urban regeneration project in Cheltenham. Hot on the heels of it winning a national Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Award, the St Pauls scheme scooped another RTPI accolade – this time for the South West region. The scheme, a consultation-led...
Business West, the organisation that runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the allocation of £86.2m of Government investment to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs in the area. But it said the city’s business community still needed to make sure future funding was secured under the Local Growth Deal to secure long-term...
The Government has announced funding of £86.2m for the West of England under its Local Growth Deal. This money is for projects to start in 2015/16 and 2016/17. The key projects to benefit will be: Terabit West – £15m A world-first project to ensure that the West is positioned at the forefront of groundbreaking,...
The Bristol and Bath area is to receive £86.2m of Government funding to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs. The investment, under the Government’s first Local Growth Deal, will go to the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to spend on key economy-boosting projects. In the Bath area these will include a...
Chippenham-based green energy pioneer Good Energy will find out next week if it has joined the ranks of the West of England’s top companies by winning the region’s most-coveted business award. The fast-growing firm is among the six finalists competing for the prestigious title of West of England Business of the Year, sponsored by...
Innovation hub SETsquared’s ranking as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world has been welcomed by Bath & North East Somerset Council leader Paul Crossley. As reported on Bath Business News last week, the centre achieved international recognition in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which benchmarks incubators...
The West of England is to be home to one of the UK’s first four University Enterprise Zones to help the next generation of hi-tech companies set up and expand. Backed by the University of Bath, the zone is expected to create more than 500 jobs and generate £50m for the local economy. From...
A project carried out by Bath-based built environment planning and design practice Nash Partnership which transformed a run-down area of Cheltenham has won a national award. The St Paul’s scheme, consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes, came top in the Exemplary Planning to Deliver Housing category of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards...
SETsquared, the centre for innovative part run by the University of Bath, has been named as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. In a ranking published this week by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, SETsquared, whose Bath base is at the Innovation Centre in Carpenter House,...
Plans to develop a hub for Bath’s burgeoning creative sector, potentially generating up to 300 jobs, have taken a leap forward with the official launch of the Craneworks project. The ambitious £15m scheme aims to regenerate the derelict Stothert & Pitt factory buildings on Lower Bristol Road into a world-class centre for innovation in...
